Museum number:

APM 9.559

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

head Jonas, whale

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural biconical bowl, heel and straight stem. Bowl embossed head of the prophet Jonah with moustache and triangular beard. Stem a whale with open mouth with teeth, stem decoration finishes with three geometrical bands. Beautiful modeling and fine details.

Date:

Period 1630 - 1635


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.26 in (3.2 cm)
Width0.79 in (2 cm)
StemLength3.15 in (8 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape bi conical
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Region nationalNorth Holland
TownAmsterdam
MakerJan Atvoort (?)
Mark roos gekroond + IA (stempel, hiel)
Acquisition
Year 1986
Provenance Loenen aan de Vecht, Ab Vrij
Excavation site Amsterdam, Egelantiersgracht, beerput, 1986
Comments
Uitkomst Friederich formule 32.20.11=7040 1630 C2FF
Vgl. APM 208 uit dezelfde persvorm.
Stichting Pijpenkabinet, ansichtkaart, 1998.
Literature
W. Krommenhoek, A. Vrij, Kleipijpen, drie eeuwen Nederlandse kleipijpen in foto's. Amstelveen. p 177 en 183 (boven). Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, aaaDe Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor het determineren. Amsterdam, 2024. hfst 5, p , afb 30. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine bodemvondsten, december 1986 - 31 december 1993.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine bodemvondsten, v.a. 2001.

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